I didn’t want to highjack ducksterman’s thread about features, so I’ll ask this here. What do you use on multpiece boards to put them together? Right now I’m using an 8ft board, but I need to make it at least 2 pieces and probably 3 pieces for storage purposes. But I’m not sure the best way to do it.
thanks in advance,
hNt
Ooo, great question. My 8 ft board is inconvenient to store too, plus, I’d like to be able to add on to it so that I could make a wee bit longer leader.
my furling board is made using pvc caps that I can drop in 1 inch pvc pipes to do the furling on . these are removeable so that when i am done the boards is only about 2 inches tall. Plus if i want to i can add more spaces for changing my taper without remaking the board. we made a buddy of mine’s board in the same way except that he lived in an apartment and needed to be able to store it easier. we used a flat hinge on the back so it could fold in half and on the front we used 2 of the little deadbolt slides to lock it out in place when it’s in use. now his furling board is only 4 feet long for storage purposes.
Somewhat similar to mine. Flat hinge in the back, this thingie on the front. Removable pegs (doweling). When folded in half I added a little hook and eye on the side to hold it together. You can see that in the second picture on the far left, near end.
Bet yours isn’t nifty green with kewl daisies on it, huh?? Had to do something drastic to keep my board from growing little feet and roaming away (usually a sure bet if I take it to fly tying group!!).
Jack Hise recently posted a picture of how he has done it…in a reincarnated older thread.
I saw where some have used the window sash locks.
Betty, I think something happened to your board… it’s a funny green color. And what did you spill on it that is white and yellow? I am used to seeing my board with the rings on it from my drink glasses, but thats a new one to me…
Sounds like you friends aren’t likely to “borrow” your stuff. Had to make it gaudy enough that they wouldn’t want to be seen with it…or that I wouldn’t see it headed out the door if they were inclined!!
i would say that certainly qualifies as “doing something drastic”…
… of 1/4" oak, one piece 4’ x 4" and one piece 4’ x 3". They are overlapped and pinned with dowels, and then clamped to a workbench with those handy spring clamps ( not shown ) from Home Depot.
Note the sixth picture in the opening post of the following linked thread.
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/showthread.php?37593-Furled-Line-Leader-Jigs
I can extend the basic jig to 14’ by clamping the two basic pieces to the top of the 4’ x 8’ workbench at the appropriate places. This allows furling up to about 12’ 6". Just right for a one piece furled line / leader for a Tenkara rod.
I can reduce the basic jig length by overlapping the boards, pinning and clamping them as necessary for shorter leaders.
John
Jason
Here’s a variation on Betty’s method. This is how I put a four piece board togather for the Louisville Fly Fishing Show. It will be for sale at the end of the show.
My board is a two-piece affair, and I used “T” track in it’s assembly. Having three tracks on it, it turned out that the two outer tracks crossed over the midpoint in the same direction, and the middle track crossed over going in the opposite direction. My board is long enough that I had to splice the “T” track, leaving the short ends of two on one side, and the short end of the other on the opposite side of the midpoint. This left me with a simple solution; simply join the two halves by means of the projecting pieces of “T” track. Works great for me. Not too much unlike the dowel joint for the leaf in a dining table.
aged sage
Betty you just never got far enough away from your board. Guess I will makek one with the plans you gave us.
